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Agreed. And just checked - my Samsung Galaxy S8 is vulnerable, no update available. Thanks Samsung! This one will get nasty...

• wohlergehen 9y ago
  Well, I've been meaning to root mine and flash crDroid... This is certainly the final push. They state 10% of all Android devices are vulnerable and won't get patches, and since the vulnearbility is arguably wormable I can't see how these devices will stay clean.
  • yumaikas 9y ago
    Does keeping the BlueTooth radio turned off help here?
    • sevensor 9y ago
      I have the same question -- I turned off the Bluetooth radio on my phone the day I got it, and I've never turned it back on. But does that mean the radio is actually powered down, or is the phone blocking Bluetooth at a higher level? Similarly, or possibly the same question, is an rfkill soft block adequate for a laptop with bluetooth?
      • kelnos 9y ago
        On a laptop, if you want to be sure, you can at least do `sudo modprobe -r btusb` (or whatever your particular chipset's BT driver is called).
        • sevensor 9y ago
          A very good point -- that's definitely better than rfkill.
• voltagex_ 9y ago
  I got the August security update yesterday - how do I check if I'm vulnerable?
  • kreneskyp 9y ago
    For android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.armis.blueborne_detector&rdid=com.armis.blueborne_detector https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.armis.blue...
    • voltagex_ 9y ago
      Thanks. Yep, the S8+ updated yesterday is vulnerable.
• AlfeG 9y ago
  On other hand. My MiBox 3 suddenly received update.
• carlmr 9y ago
  At this point in time buying Samsung is just a bad decision. Have you checked out custom ROMs?